Chair.



10.858,389. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

' E. G. HESS.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY'ZZ. 1906.

i MMM/m wf 4 EMIL G- HESS, OF BUFFALO,`NEW YORK.

CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22,1906. Serial No. 818,114.

Toatl whom 'it concern:

Be it known that'I, EMIL G, Hass, a subject of the King oi Great Britain, and residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in chairs in vwhich the upper and outer parts oi the back of the chair are of steel wire spring scrolls, the inner e'ndsof the scrolls extend toward eachotherand hooked into a central .tie-cap, andthe outer ends of. the scrolls extend downward in s'utable curved form and are fastened to the sides o f the chair seat. The central part of the chair back' comprises two metallic pieces twisted together at the upper part and the ends thereof inserted into the central tie-cap, and the middle part widened out and suitably curved and the ends fastened to the chair seat, in asimilar manner as the lower extended ends of the scrolls referred to; l

The objects of my inventions are, first, to provide a chair back, which shall be very strong, light, of chaste design and durable; second, to provide a chair back that has an inherent spring resiliency that is pleasant to a persons form, without dein-acting from the stability of the chair back. l A

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in whichz'- Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of a chair embody- .ing my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional elevation of the upper central tie-cap of the chair back, showing'the inner end parts ofthe spring scrolls and the upper ends oi the twisted and curved spring back part inserted in position in the tie-cap. y i

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing, the metallic spring wire scrolls of the back of the chair, are indicated by A; and the outer end parts 2 of the scrolls extend downward and are secured to the sides of the seat B, of the chair. The inner ends or rods 3 of the scrolls A, extend toward each other and pass through the upper part oi the holes 4, in the tie-cap 5, andA upwards into the upper extending socket 6 of the cap, which together with the holes 4, hold the ends rigidly therein.. C, are the back spring wire rods twisted together as at 7, and the upper ends, of said rods are held in the socket 6 of the cap,5 by the ends 9 of the rods 3, and by the extent of the socketi It will be noticed that the ends 8 oi the twisted part 7, which are in the socket, are of greater distance apart than the lower part of said ends, which are in proximity to the entrance of the socket, in order that the ends of the twisted part may be held securely in position by the rigid contact of the ends 9, therewith. The back steel wire rods C, widen out from the twisted part 7 and extend down; ward in curved form and are securely fastened to the seat B, in asimilar manner as the outer and lower extended ends 2 oithe scrolls-. '-lhe` four lower ends oi the back of the chair, referred to, are concaved at 10, to con` form to the convex sides of the'seat IB, and t to said sides, and are secured thereto by means of bolts or `A screws, 12. l The iront-side of the tie-cap maybe straight or slightly concaved to t the form of the person sitting on the chair, and the ends 8 and 9 of the rods in the socket of the cap are hidden from view, as in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The legs D of the chair-are of spring steel wire, curved and twisted, aslshown'in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, and the' feet E, of the legs are formed and outwardly curved in such a manner to form central 'openings in the feet 13.

F, are stationary rubber tips secured to the under side of the feet E, by means of a nut J. The upper end parts oithe legs D,of the chair, branch apart and are secured to the inner side of the seat B, The upper end parte 21,

of the twisted part 'of the legs verge to the central part ofthe chair and the ends 21, pass through Aholes in the plate 22 and from the under side oi the plate and fasten thereto. This particular feature of the ends 21 and the plate 22 I do not claim. v V v What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters `Patent, isz- 1. yIn achuir, a sesta spring wire rodsA secured to the sides of the seat and extending upward and formed into spring scrolls, the inner ends of the scrolls extending 'toward each other, lu. tie-cap to receive and secure said ends steel wire rods apart and secured to the rear part rof the seat and extending upward and twisted together, and held in the cap, by contact .with the inner ends ofthe scrolls.

2. In a chair, a seat, upper :1nd outer resilient spring scrolls, the outer ends of the scrolls extending downward und secured to the sides of the seat, and the inner ends of the scrolls extending toward each other-, a. central tie-cap, said inner ends secured in -the cap, and arsprng wire back partially twisted together und theupper ends secured' in s aid cup, and the lower ends extending downward and apart and secured -to the back part of the seat.

3. A chair comprising a seat, and a back having an upper tie cup which is provided on opposite sides with openings nnd u socket betweensaid openings, and wires Iastened at their I o'wer ends to said seat and provided ut their upper ends with'hooks which engage with their bases-or necks in said openings and with their'hills in said socket,l substantially ns set forth.

4. A chair comprising a sea't, and a back having un upper tie cup provided centrally with u downwardly opening lsocket und openings ut opposite ends, and .two wires, euch secured at 'its lower end to said scat and providcdvat its upper end with an upwardly turned hook which is arranged with its base in one of the openings of suid cup and engages its bill with the ndjncent side of the socket in the cap.

5. A chair comprising u seat, a buck having an upper tie cap provldnl ,at opposite ends with openings and bez tween said openings with a socket, side wire members euch secured at its'lhwer end to said seat und provided ut its upper end with'a I i'cok which engages wl th its buse or neck in one of saidlopenings and with its hill against the adjacent side of said socket, and a central wire member secured at its lower en d to said seat while its upper end is Patented July 2, 1907.

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